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Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games was held in Beijing, China from August 8th to August 24th 2008, a total of 204 NOC’s and 11,028 Athletes participated in 28 sports and 302 events of the 2008 Summer Games. Beijing was the Games of records and superlatives. The Opening Ceremony was unforgettable; the athletes’ achievements were astonishing, the organisation was excellent; the venues breathtaking and the anti-doping tests were stricter.

Several hundred million watched worldwide on TV as more than 40 world records and over 130 Olympic records were broken. This was the 3rd time that the Olympic Games were held in Asia after Tokyo 1964 and Seoul 1988, and the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Game.

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games had the largest media attention in the history of the Olympics.

XXIX S Summer Olympic Games
Beijing 2008

Opening Ceremony

08 Aug 2008

Closing Ceremony

24 Aug 2007

Host City

Beijing

Country

China, People Republic of

Nations Participating

204

Athletes

Female4637Male6305

Events

302

Disciplines

29

Volunters

100000

Media

24562

Asian Medal Standings

Rank

Country

G

S

B

T

RT

1

China

51

21

28

100

1

2

Korea

13

10

8

31

2

3

Japan

9

6

11

26

3

4

Kazakhstan

2

4

7

13

4

5

Thailand

2

2

0

4

8

5

Mongolia

2

2

0

4

8

7

DPR Korea

2

1

3

6

5

8

Uzbekistan

1

2

3

6

5

9

Indonesia

1

1

3

5

7

10

India

1

0

2

3

11

11

I.R.Iran

1

0

1

2

12

12

Bahrain

1

0

0

1

15

13

Kyrgyzstan

0

1

1

2

12

13

Tajikistan

0

1

1

2

12

15

Malaysia

0

1

0

1

15

15

Singapore

0

1

0

1

15

15

Vietnam

0

1

0

1

15

18

Chinese Taipei

0

0

4

4

8

19

Afghanistan

0

0

1

1

15

Total:

86

54

73

213

Legend

G - Gold S - Silver B - Bronze T - Total RT - Rank by Total

Note

Rank by Total is calculated by total number of Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals.